Bubba Sparxxx Biography

Warren Anderson Mathis (born March 6, 1977), better known by his stage name, Bubba Sparxxx, is an American hip hop recording artist from Troup County, Georgia. He is perhaps best known for his singles "Deliverance", "Ugly", and "Ms. New Booty", the latter of which features the Ying Yang Twins and peaked at #7 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Early life and education

Mathis was born on March 6, 1977 and grew up in a rural area north of LaGrange, Georgia, a town 65 miles southwest of Atlanta. His father was a school bus driver, his mother a grocery store cashier. His closest neighbor, who lived half a mile away, introduced him to rap music through mixtapes mailed from New York City. The music of 2 Live Crew was his introduction to hip hop; he began listening to West Coast gangsta rap such as N.W.A and Too Short and the Atlanta duo OutKast. With rapping as a hobby, he was a tight end and linebacker for his high school's football team and earned All-Region honors in his senior year. Steve Herndon, a former offensive lineman for the NFL's Atlanta Falcons and Denver Broncos, played football with him during high school, according to an interview with Down-South.com. In 2007, he moved from Atlanta to Tampa.

Career

In 1996 he moved to Athens, Georgia, where he met industry veteran (and now manager and business partner) Bobby Stamps. Stamps noticed him rapping after a University of Georgia football game and arranged for him to work with many artists in Athens and Atlanta to complete his first CD. Bubba Sparxxx's first commercial CD release, Dark Days, Bright Nights, saw some success in Georgia and caught the attention of Jimmy Iovine of Interscope Records. Sparxxx signed to Interscope and began working with record producers Timbaland and Organized Noize. The major-label reissue of Dark Days, Bright Nights, released via Timbaland's Beat Club Records imprint and which now included five collaborations with Timbaland and two with Organized Noise, debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200. In 2002, he had a minor hit being featured on Archie Eversole's "We Ready", which became popular for being played at sport events, such as football and basketball games. In late 2003, he returned with his second album, Deliverance, which was critically acclaimed but sold poorly.

Sparxxx signed a recording contract with Virgin Records in 2004; under Virgin, Sparxxx released The Charm with singles "Ms. New Booty" and "Heat It Up". He left Virgin to establish his own label, New South Entertainment, which is distributed by E1 Records. In 2007, he released a mixtape with DJ Burn One titled Survive Till Ya Thrive. He stated in an interview that he planned on releasing an album to be called Miracle on Gamble Road, in 2012. In 2012, he signed to Backroad Records, a subsidiary of the independent label Average Joe's Entertainment, and recorded the song "Country Boy Coolin'" which was featured on Mud Digger Vol. 3, a compilation album released by Average Joe's on June 12, 2012.

In January 2013, Sparxxx released the video "Splinter" which featured Crucifix. In July 2013, a video for his single "Country Folks", which features Danny Boone of the band Rehab and Colt Ford, was released. The album Pain Management was released on October 15, 2013.

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions					Certifications (sales threshold)
		US	US R&B	US Rap	US Country	NZ
Dark Days, Bright Nights	Release date: September 18, 2001 Label: Beat Club/Interscope Records	3	3	"?	"?	"?	US: Gold
Deliverance	Release date: September 16, 2003 Label: Beat Club/Interscope Records	10	9	"?	"?	30
The Charm	Release date: April 4, 2006 Label: Virgin/Purple Ribbon Records	9	3	2	"?	"?
Pain Management	Release date: October 15, 2013 Label: Backroad Records	"?	"?	"?	40	"?
Made on McCosh Mill Road	Release date: June 24, 2014 Label: Backroad Records	"?	"?	"?	49	"?
""?" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions					Certifications	Album
		US	US R&B	US Rap	UK	NZ
2001	"Ugly" (featuring Timbaland)	15	1	1	7	"?		Dark Days, Bright Nights
	"Lovely"	"?	77	"?	24	"?
2003	"Jimmy Mathis"	"?	98	"?	"?	"?		Deliverance
	"Deliverance" (featuring Timbaland)	101	107	9	55	"?
	"Back in the Mud"	"?	"?	"?	"?	3
2005	"Hey! (A Lil' Gratitude)"	"?	"?	"?	"?	"?		The Charm
	"The Otherside" (featuring Petey Pablo and Sleepy Brown)	"?	"?	"?	"?	"?
	"Ms. New Booty" (featuring Ying Yang Twins and Mr. ColliPark)	7	7	1	"?	22	US: Gold
2006	"Heat It Up"	103	57	24	"?	"?
2008	"I Like It Alot"	"?	"?	"?	"?	"?		Best of Bubba Sparxxx
	"She Got Me Like (Ahh Shit)" (featuring Ray J)	"?	"?	"?	"?	"?		The New South
2009	"Beatin Down the Block" (featuring Dirt Reynolds)	"?	"?	"?	"?	"?
2012	"Country Folks" (featuring Danny Boone and Colt Ford)	"?	"?	"?	"?	"?		Pain Management
2013	"Splinter" (featuring Crucifix)	"?	"?	"?	"?	"?
2014	"Made On McCosh Mill Rd." (featuring Danny Boone)	"?	"?	"?	"?	"?		Made On McCosh Mill Road
""?" denotes releases that did not chart or receive certification.

Guest singles

Year	Title	Artist	Album
2012	"Wylin'"	The Lacs	190 Proof

Guest appearances

Year	Song	Artist(s)	Album
2001	"White Gutz"	Dungeon Family	Even in Darkness
	"Rearranged (Timbaland Remix)"	Limp Bizkit	New Old Songs
	"They Ain't Ready"	Jadakiss	Ryde or Die Vol. 3: In the "R" We Trust
2002	"We Ready (Remix)"	Archie Eversole	Ride Wit Me Dirty South Style
	"Oh My God"	Haystak	The Natural
	"Right For Me"	Justin Timberlake	Justified
2003	"Dat Look"	Turk	Raw & Uncut
	"Shenanigans"	Timbaland & Magoo	Under Construction, Part II
2004	"Get On Dis Motorcycle"	Petey Pablo	Still Writing in My Diary: 2nd Entry
	"The World Is Ours"	Timbaland, Missy Elliott, Justin Timberlake, Kiley Dean	The World Is Ours
2005	"Oh No"	Big Boi, Killer Mike	xXx: State of the Union (soundtrack)
	"Claremont Lounge"	Purple Ribbon All-Stars	Got Purp? Vol. 2
2011	"This Is Our Song" (Remix)	Colt Ford, The Lacs, Demun Jones, Rehab	Mud Digger Vol. 2
2012	"Show Some Skin"	Lil Wyte	Still Doubted
	"Wylin"	The Lacs	190 Proof
	"The Labyrinth"	Crystal Seth	District XXIII
2013	"Project X"	Shane Dollar and the Sense, Wody	Life, Love, and Hip Hop
2014	"Outlaw"	Shane Dollar
	"Baby Wussup"	Ricky Young	Feels Damn Good